MUSICAL EVENTS A M1tsical (101Jzrdy Rcvivrd at tile Metropolitan -Words and Mttszr hv Mr. Barrère-Novelties wi W E have with us again the inim- itable Georges Barrère and his Little Symphony, occupying the Guild Theatre of Sunday evenings. Of all our musical institutions, this orchestra of thirteen men, led by the eminent bearded flautist, is the most intimate. Mr. Barrère is no prima-donna conduc- ft tor. A happy acci- dent has placed his if - concerts in a livin b (T- # '. , room set (not alto- / ;:.\. .. ..... gether in harmony . . ; ,; . ',.... " with the programs, 4 ' " ". hut not bad for a 'fi,. , .' r ,&- chance background) . ; i ' and the whole at- '-".' } ::(..:....,." ' \ mosphere is that of · '.( t ,.\ I h ] . . ;.j: s, a par or rat er t Ian · $-) . 1 f ) I f' J '. tlat a a concert ,.'... .I' .llr? . . -}. h 11 . . ø':t' a. . ..; . ', ... . J.: The conductor ..:...' ..... .. ,: . . ..; , "" furnishes no printed :. :",= '.; I ', program notes. The .l' i,:i. ' )' 1.' 'i program book, c' est . 1 1. "',;, , !' .:..;1. . ..: '. 1\ "' I ... t t : i...: ' . :.:.. "'t '.' ; " " . B arrere" He fur- .. t......t 1'- .. ': - 1.1'" ,"," J:!'f': ,II ':- ; .. " ] . d " I .. " ' ( """ 'i', ,, ., nIS Ies, 111 a Ia ect , -s ' , '. CII, ', . ' " - ..'. :: JY! "a pp roximated onlu , .,'.', -ot.. J '.... '.,'. ' ' by Maurice Cheva- '1, lier , exactl y the in- ,, . formation that seems most desirable after a Sunday's routine. At the first concert of his series, he discoursed on the phenomenon of Mrs. Mary Howe (one of the composers represented) being in Cuba, while Colin McPhee, another composer, was just returned fr0111 a land of tan. He eXplained that he had started to com- pose a piece, but couldn't get very far with it, so that he had to call it a "Pre- 1 d " . " H " " V 1 . d " h u lettIno. IS er aU1a e, e vouchsafed, was a three-part song that turned into a flute trio, and not, as some rnight suppose, a beverage. Of a duet for flute and clarinet by Vil1a- t ST of the scheduled Metropolitan novelties and revivals is Donizet- ., " L ' EI "" d ' A " h " h tl s ISIr more, w IC some of the customers greeted as if it hadn't been heard hereabouts for a dec- ade, although a pretty good English edition was exhibited not so long ago by the Little Theatre Opera Company. There are two ways of listening to " L ' EI '" " " . .; ISIr: one may receIve It as one of those filmy, -delicate, gossamer mas- terpieces of a dear decade that is dead (and that is just about how some people carryon about this opera), or one may take it as earlv-nineteenth-century opera buffa. If it's all the same to you, we'l] take it as opera bu f/ a. " L ' EI "' d ' A "" f 11 'ISlr more IS, or a prac- tical purposes, a musical comedy, with a serviceable story about a village chucklehead who gets liquored up, in- sults the soprano, enlists when he sobers, and is bought out of the army by the soprano. It has a quack doctor (rather a Gilbertian creation) , a smirking sergeant, and plenty of opportunities for the brand of buf- foonery that makes an exclusive audi- ence laugh. In fact, if any farce could be certain of playing to Metropolitan au- diences only, it could run for years, because anything ex- cept ba,d singing can make them laugh. /j i.. " 6:, . \ ":F E. .... V- T HE latest re- vival is not a work that strains the Metropolitan re- sources, musically, dramatically, or scenically, and if you aren't above hearing a few good tunes well sung (and some phrases re- peated until you expect them to fall dead in your lap), here is an opera for you. Mr. Gigli sings the somewhat melancholy lines of Nemorino with charm and with a minimum of bellow- ing. He seems to enjoy the gaucheries of the rôle, which he enacted with a great deal of gusto. Mr. Pinza, revised and edited, as they used to say, by a huge false nose, an impossible wig, and grotesque costumery, makes a good deal of Dr. Dulcamara. When it is con- sidered that Mr. Pinza also sings . I'" ;, . .", \ O " "" N " d D G " rOvlsto In orma an on 10- vanni, it is possible to set down his Dr. Dulcamara as a great deal more than the usual buf/o success. Mr. de Luca, of course, has no trouble with the music of the dashing sergeant, and Miss Ylorgana, who replaced :Miss Fleischer, is prettily melodious or melödiously pretty, as you will. The chorus is expert. So is Mr. Serafin with his orchestra. There is what the program designates a<; a "new scenic production," but it's just so much newly painted scenery. " ,,, , U , , U , " U -.J I ' .....\ '1 - . ð l , Ó\._, li t = U 1 . \ 'I \' ".' , t , , U , , U , , U , , 11 , , U , , , U , , U , , " U , ,., 1/ OLD BLEACH" LINENS s - -- - .. I ) .F' , J . t '.. . 'I 'y, :- ø , ., r _' / . . c:: "Q _ I ... -, ... , . - , "...... 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